Blood Brain Barrier Dysfunction and Postoperative Neurocognitive Disorders

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

32 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-08-03

Study Completion Date

2024-02-29

Brief Summary

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Postoperative neurocognitive disorders (PND), which include postoperative delirium and both acute and longlasting neurocognitive deficits, are a significant public health problem, leading to a cascade of deleterious complications. Older adults are particularly at-risk of developing PND both in the short and long term. Although age is consistently reported as an important risk factor, the exact pathophysiology of PND remains poorly understood, but may include postsurgery-compromised blood brain barrier (BBB) function. This project proposes that perioperative BBB dysfunction is associated with measurable brain morphologic findings in cognitive control areas that can be discovered with non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Patients scheduled for surgery with an age range of 65-75 years of age, will participate in brain diffusion-weighted pseudo-continuous arterial spin labeling (DW-pCASL) and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), cognitive assessments, and evaluation of a BBB marker from blood (at baseline, at two weeks, and at six months after surgery).

All patients will have a brain scan (MRI) within before surgery and two weeks and six months after surgery. During this visit cognitive function will be assessed. Patients will also be asked to participate in a blood draw.

Detailed Description

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The investigators will examine the potential mechanisms contributing to PND in an older surgical population. It is proposed that BBB will be altered contributing to brain tissue changes in cognitive control areas that can be examined with MD measures and blood biomarkers. Therefore, the specific aims are to:

AIM #1: Examine BBB function, using DW-pCASL procedures, and BBB marker (S100β levels), in older adult subjects between pre- ) and post-surgery

AIM #2: Assess brain tissue changes, using DTI-based MD measures, and cognition function, between pre- and post-surgery in older adult subjects.

AIM #3: Examine the relationships between BBB blood biomarker, BBB function index, and MD values from cognitive control areas (prefrontal cortex, caudate, and hippocampus) between pre- and post-surgery in an older surgical population.

A One-group comparative and longitudinal study design will be used in this proposal. A total of 34 older subjects scheduled for surgery will be recruited. Patients of either sex, in the age range 65-75 years scheduled for abdominal, gynecologic or urologic.

To assess cognitive function, the WRAML2 and MoCA tests will be performed within one week before surgery and at two weeks and six months after surgery. These tests have been used by our team in several conditions, and will be introduced just before MRI procedures. An average mean score of 100±15 on WRAML2 and a score ≥26 on MoCA will be considered normal.

Examination of BBB integrity from blood. To account for interindividual variation, baseline systemic biomarkers will be measured preoperatively (within one week before surgery). Postoperative samples will also be collected at two weeks and 6 months of surgery. Samples will be batch analyzed using Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (S100β) by the UCLA Department of Pathology \& Laboratory Medicine.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging. All brain MRI studies will be performed on a 3.0-Tesla MRI scanner (Siemens, Magnetom, Prisma) at the Department of Radiology, UCLA. MRI studies will be performed within one week before surgery, and at two weeks and six months after surgery.

Conditions

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Neurocognitive Disorders Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

Keywords

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brain imaging, neurocognitive testing

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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